Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Rodney K. Duke" <dukerk AT appstate.edu>]

> Subject: translating for rodney
> From: decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:24:56 -0500 (EST)
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> hey, rodney,

Hey, back to you, Vincent.  (I did not know Canadians said, "hey.")

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> how's it hanging?
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> first question. do you understand the term "generative" grammar? do you
> understand the goals of someone constructing such a grammar?

If this is going to be a question-by-question catechism, then we had better 
go off list.  But, for the sake of the list, in case others are
interested in your position, and I imagine they are:  I have the minimal 
knowledge that the goal of generative grammar is to come up with the
rules by which all sentences of a language can be generated.

I am quite serious, as I said in my earlier post, that I want to understand 
your theses about the Hebrew verbal system.  However, I have found
you either to be too busy or "off on another planet" and unable to translate 
your work into lay jargon.  (No offense intended.)   And, I am
too busy to start taking courses in generative grammar, although I am willing 
to read some intro bibliography.  So, if you are willing to
explain, rather than leaving it to someone else, I'm interested.

Rodney

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Dr. Rodney K. Duke
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